Manila. Naval leaders declared that Manila “would be made an ‘open city’ and that they army would be retiring to Bataan, rather than defending the town." Shortly after, they retreated to Cebu. While in Cebu, they fought the Battle of the Points, which was a seven-day battle of resisting Japanese advances. They were victorious, but soon retreated again because the Japanese came back with more military power. Hofmann and his friends were looking for a way out of the Philippines into Australia. Hofmann
went on to serve on board the U.S.S. O’Bannon, the most decorated U.S. Destroyer of World War Two, and where he would see most major actions in the Pacific Theatre including, but not limited to, the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and the Recapture of Corregidor. To begin, the attack on Pearl Harbour was devastating to U.S. naval capabilities in the Pacific at the onset of their entry into the war. Japanese officials had grown tired of the U.S. oil embargo, which was meant to limit
The United State’s direct involvement in World War II officially began as soon as the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Prior to that event, America had been providing arms and equipment to England but stopped short of any direct military confrontation with the Axis. The War in the Pacific was considered Asia’s War and the European War was considered a local conflict. US-Japanese relations had become strained in 1941, though America felt secure that her naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was powerful
INTRODUCTION This topic came in my head during a lecture in History Class. The term “Guerrilla Warfare” was already interesting to me. It was discussed for a little, but it didn’t satisfy my curiosity. I never thought of it as a term paper topic, but something to search about until the opportunity to read a lot about it came. It was always on my mind and it caught my attention whenever I hear or see the term “Guerrilla Warfare.” It was hard for me to look for topics until I remembered it out of nowhere
Over 100 years ago, was the conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. It is known as the Spanish American War. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. President McKinley, who was vexed by the turmoil in Cuba, believed that Cuba should give up its colony. When pro-Spanish loyalists and army personal
depicting significant battles in the Infantry’s history, including Yorktown, Antietam, Soissons, Normandy, Corregidor, Soam-Ni, LZ X-Ray, and Iraq. The Cross Burnside Bridge where Confederates held off Union Soldiers much longer than expected in the Battle of Antietam. Look straight up to see a rare WWII troop glider made of fabric-covered wood and metal. Witness the landing on D-Day and Rangers scaling Pointe du Hoc. A Vietnam era Huey helicopter sets the scene for the first big battle of the war. A
World War Two was an unexpected war to United States and its people. The Attack on Pearl Harbor forced United States to abandon isolationism and to declare war to Axis Power. Even people pleased the great victory and the progressive technology, but the enormous number of death was a horrendous truth behind the victory. Thousands of Americans received the drafts and attended the military service. The soldiers stepped in the foreign land for protecting their country, but some of them left their young
the lands for Spain. The friendly Rajas took Magellan to Cebu to meet Raja Humabon. Humabon and 800 Cebuanos were baptized as Christians. Magellan agreed to help Raja Humabon put down Lapu-Lapu, a rebellious datu on the nearby island of Mactan. In a battle between Spanish soldiers and Lapu-Lapu's warriors, Magellan was killed on April 27, 1521. Disputes over women caused relations between Raja Humabon and the remaining Spaniards to deteriorate. The Cebuanos killed 27 Spaniards in a skirmish and the
BLITZKRIEG (LIGHTNING WAR) In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front. These forces would drive
Spanish Colonialism and the Indigenous People of Bolivia Prior to Spanish discovery of the new world, the area now known as Bolivia was home to three major ethnic and linguistic groups; the Uru, Aymara, and Quechua. The Uru lived on rafts, fishing and foraging along the shore of Lake Titicaca. The Aymara dominated the Uru, reducing their status to poor fishermen and landless workers. Aymara society was built upon a basic social unit of kinship that organized the distribution of labor, and this